During the first two weeks of November, West Coast Sport Aircraft, a regional distributor for the Special Light Sport Aircraft (S-LSA) manufacturer Tecnam, will be demonstrating the P2008 advanced LSA at airports around the San Francisco Bay and Greater Los Angeles area, culminating with the “Airportfest” display at AOPA Summit in Long Beach, California. The […]
Products
Sky Tractor Supply Co. named service center for GE’s M601 and H80 engines
Sky Tractor Supply Company has signed an agreement with GE Aviation to become an Authorized Service Center for the M601 and H80 turboprop engines. As part of the agreement, Sky Tractor Supply Company will offer comprehensive line maintenance, removals and re-installations of engines and LRUs and engine spares for the M601 and H80 engine families. […]
NavWorx now shipping ADS-B equipment
NavWorx, Inc. has begun shipping its ADS-B Universal Access Transceiver (UAT) designed to receive subscription-free aircraft traffic and aviation weather. The NavWorx® ADS600-B transceiver delivers TIS-B traffic and FIS-B weather and flight information to a variety of aircraft electronic displays. It is designed to be fully compliant with FAA TSO-C154c and is FCC Approved. ADS-B […]
Scheyden partners with renowned designer
Scheyden Precision Eyewear, which produces lenses and frames for aviators, has struck a partnership with renowned eyewear and optics designer Patrick Hussey, who will oversee product development beginning with the brand’s 2011 collection. Hussey’s more than 20 years of industry experience includes serving as president of Persol North America, developing a patented, integrated goggle/helmet system […]
West Star appointed Hawker Beechcraft service center
West Star Aviation’s Grand Junction, Colo. (GJT) facility has been appointed by Hawker Beechcraft (HBC) as an authorized service center. The agreement includes services on all Beechcraft KingAir models, as well as on Beechcraft Baron and Bonanza models. “We have numerous loyal KingAir customers at GJT, and this agreement will allow us to provide complete […]
Avfuel expands with Avplan
Avfuel Corp. has created a dedicated flight and trip-planning subsidiary called Avplan. Avfuel acquired Pacific Coast Forecasting (PCF) of Van Nuys, Calif., in the first quarter of 2010 to enhance the trip-planning and ground-handling arrangements Avfuel has provided to existing customers. Adding the option of in-house, professional trip planning will streamline and enhance Avfuel’s service […]
Kneeboard for iPad debuts
New Sky Products, LLC has introduced AppStation, an iPad kneeboard for aviation, which gives the user the ability to safely manipulate the iPad while flying or conducting other tasks. The unit is a solution that does not require an additional mounting device/kit or expensive, complicated installation, according to company officials. Constructed of high performance polycarbonate […]
Free flight sharing website launches
WorldAeroClub.org has launched to match GA pilots — and non-pilots — who wish to get together and fly. To do just that they click themselves into the cockpit using the website’s automated Flight Dispatch that matches all flights and flight requests. The website also offers a number of useful features to pilots who wish to […]
Dynon adds traffic alerts to SkyView
Dynon Avionics has added the ability to alert and display air traffic graphically, TCAS-like, within its SkyView products. Traffic will show up on SkyView’s moving map and synthetic vision displays using standard TCAS I symbols. SkyView will identify the location, severity of threat, distance, vertical separation and heading of any aircraft within the traffic system […]